#C4A951#C4A951

#C4A951 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.112 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A951
RGB	rgb(196, 169, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 58.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -0.81, 48.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 48.22, 90.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0048 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.112 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4398, 40.7077, 13.6156)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A951 #516CC4

analogous

#C47051 #C4A951 #A6C451

triadic

#C4A951 #51C4A9 #A951C4

tetradic

#C4A951 #51C470 #516CC4 #C451A6

square

#C4A951 #51C470 #516CC4 #C451A6

split-complementary

#C4A951 #51A6C4 #7051C4

monochromatic

#736227 #A18837 #C4A951 #D3C07F #E3D6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C4A951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#C4A951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A951

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A951	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 169, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.112 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c285',
    500: '#c4a951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a951;
$custom-light: #d9c285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.913,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74092,
    "c": 0.11218,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A951

secondary

#A0ABD1

accent

#6FD94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A951

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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